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Table 15.30

Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2007-2011
Females by Race
Histologya All Races White Black Asian/
Pacific Islander
American Indian
/Alaska Nativeb
Hispanicc
Rate Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
Carcinoma 45.2 106,277 99.8% 89,194 99.8% 10,941 99.6% 5,429 99.7% 348 98.9% 5,790 99.4%
Small cell (8002,8041-8045) 6.5 15,221 14.3% 13,481 15.1% 1,292 11.8% 338 6.2% 72 20.5% 672 11.5%
Non-small cell 37.4 87,868 82.5% 73,076 81.7% 9,286 84.6% 4,926 90.5% 264 75.0% 4,892 84.0%
Squamous and transitional celld 8.0 18,514 17.4% 15,798 17.7% 2,085 19.0% 515 9.5% 72 20.5% 833 14.3%
Adenocarcinomae 20.7 48,679 45.7% 39,919 44.7% 4,903 44.7% 3,553 65.3% 114 32.4% 2,892 49.7%
Large cellf 1.0 2,309 2.2% 1,905 2.1% 304 2.8% 86 1.6% - - 98 1.7%
Non-small cell carcinomag 5.3 12,509 11.7% 10,309 11.5% 1,520 13.8% 573 10.5% 55 15.6% 649 11.1%
Other specified carcinomash 2.5 5,857 5.5% 5,145 5.8% 474 4.3% 199 3.7% 16 4.5% 420 7.2%
Carcinoma, NOSi 1.3 3,188 3.0% 2,637 2.9% 363 3.3% 165 3.0% - - 226 3.9%
j 0.1 195 0.2% 152 0.2% 25 0.2% - - - - 26 0.4%
k 0.0 70 0.1% 54 0.1% - - - - - - - -
Total 45.4 106,542 100.0% 89,400 100.0% 10,980 100.0% 5,444 100.0% 352 100.0% 5,824 100.0%

Footnotes:

Source: SEER 18 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey and Georgia excluding ATL/RG). Percents may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

a Excludes Kaposi Sarcoma, mesothelioma, lymphomas, leukemias, myelomas, lymphoreticular, and immunoproliferative diseases.

b Estimates for American Indian/Alaska Native are based on the CHSDA(Contract Health Service Delivery Area) counties.

c Hispanic is not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. Underlying incidence data for Hispanics are based on NHIA and exclude cases from the Alaska Native Registry.

d Squamous and transitional cell includes histologies 8051-8052, 8070-8076, 8078, 8083-8084, 8090, 8094, 8120, 8123.

e Adenocarcinoma includes histologies 8015, 8050, 8140-8141, 8143-8145, 8147, 8190, 8201, 8211, 8250-8255, 8260, 8290, 8310, 8320, 8323, 8333, 8401, 8440, 8470-8471, 8480-8481, 8490, 8503, 8507, 8550, 8570-8572, 8574, 8576.

f Large cell includes histologies 8012-8014, 8021, 8034, 8082.

g Non-small cell carcinoma includes histology 8046.

h Other specified carcinomas includes histologies 8003-8004, 8022, 8030, 8031-8033, 8035, 8200, 8240-8241, 8243-8246, 8249, 8430, 8525, 8560, 8562, 8575.

i Carcinoma, NOS includes histologies 8000-8001, 8010-8011, 8020, 8230.

j Sarcoma includes histologies 8680, 8711, 8800-8805, 8810-8811, 8815, 8824, 8830, 8840, 8852, 8855, 8890-8891, 8894-8895, 8900-8902, 8910, 8920-8921, 8940, 8990, 9040-9041, 9043, 9120, 9130, 9133, 9150, 9180, 9220, 9231, 9240, 9251, 9473, 9540, 9560, 9580.

k Other specific types includes melanomas and is defined as histologies 8580, 8650, 8720-8790, 8933, 8963, 8972-8973, 8980-8982, 9064-9065, 9070, 9080, 9084-9085, 9100, 9260, 9364, 9503, 9530.

Note: For this analysis, the following histolgies were classified as metastases of another primary site and not included: 8005, 8130, 8146, 8170, 8231, 8247, 8263, 8312, 8340-8341, 8350, 8441, 8460, 8500-8501, 8524, 8530, 8551, 8581, 8585, 8710, 8772, 8806, 8850, 8854, 8896, 8935, 9015, 9042, 9071, 9101, 9181, 9370, 9500, 9561, 9581

- Statistic not shown due to fewer than 16 cases during the time period.

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